By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
Ogun State Government has distributed empowerment materials including mobility aids, professional working tools and digital educational devices to the various clusters of people with disabilities, PWD, with an assurance to ensure the inclusion of their peculiarities in the various policy phases.
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Adijat Adeleye stated this in Abeokuta during the empowerment activities in commemoration of the International day of Disabilities.
Mrs Adeleye stressed that the present administration remained committed to recognizing the potential of all people, particularly those with disabilities, adding that efforts were in top gear to ensure a review of the subscription charges of the State Health Insurance to enable the people with disabilities key into the health programme.
The Commissioner who solicited the support of relevant stakeholders, said the ministry would continue to collectively strive to ensure that people with disabilities are not hindered from achieving positive outcomes in life.
In her remarks, the Chairman, State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Bakare Olanrewaju, assured that the State House of Assembly would continue to give more strategic support through passage of bills and resolutions to encourage the activities of PWD in the state.
Earlier in his lecture, a Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr. Ibrahim Opeewe, said it became imperative for Government at all levels to consider PWD in the holistic attainment of all SDGs towards achieving a balanced society.
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